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Xtreme Clean & Maintenance Co. / GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament…Pulsating encounters highlight Night 2 as action heats up
– round robin segment commenced last evening
Spectators and supporters of the various community teams got their monies worth on the second night of action in the inaugural Xtreme Clean & Maintenance Co. / GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament which continued on Saturday night, at the National Gymnasium.
West Front Road ‘Gold is Money’ Captain Hubert Pedro shields the ball from a player from North Ruimveldt during their encounter.
Once again a large turnout witnessed some pulsating encounters as teams’ battle for places in the round robin stage which begun last evening.
From the start of the night’s action, Broad Street Bullies had to pull out all the stops to ward off a determined challenge from Buxton Diamond, making their debut in Georgetown.
In the end, the experienced Broad Street Bullies escaped with a narrow 2-1 win thanks to goals from Darren Benjamin in the third minute and Daniel Favourite’s winner, one minute from full time.
Delon Wright had given Buxton hope when he equalised in the 14th minute of play.
However, the game of the night was the clash between another debutant, Plaisance and Alexander Village which required sudden death penalty shootout to determine the winner after regulation and extra times failed to unlock a 4-4 stalemate.
Another game that produced fireworks was the Tucville versus Melanie ‘B’ affair which the former prevailed 5-4 despite a heroic performance from William Europe, who slammed in four goals.
Other teams booking their spots in the next phase following wins were Bent Street, Back Circle and Future Stars.
Future Stars, an off-shoot of Broad Street Bullies looked in delightful form during their 5-1 demolition of the up and coming North East La Penitence and have now positioned themselves as one of the favourites to go all the way.
Bent Street and Back Circle oozed confidence and eased to comfortable victories, making it difficult for pundits to pick a winner.
The winning team will take away $500,000 and the winning trophy, while second, third and fourth placed teams take home $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 respectively.
Meanwhile, ladies have the opportunity to shoot for a pennyweight of gold or its equivalent every night.
The night’s full results are seen below:
Game 1
Buxton 1- Broad Street Bullies 2
Broad Street
Darren Benjamin 3
Daniel Favorite 19
Buxton
Delon Wright 14
Game 2
Tucville 5- Melanie ‘B’ 4
Tucville
Ryan Hackett 7, 16, 17
Part of the action between Bent Street and Campbellville United which the former won to advance to the group stage.
Jermain Junor 1
Jahal Greaves 7
Melanie ‘B’
Williams Europe 9, 15, 18, 19
Game 3
Plaisance 4- Alexander Village 4
Alexander Village
Shem Porter 17
Kevin Gordon 3, 13, 25
Plaisance
Dwayne Ali 5, 15
Kelvin Bowen 19
Gavin Collymore 22
Plaisance won 3-2 sudden death kicks
Game 4
Bent Street 3-Campbellville United 1
Bent Street
Okanie Fraser 13
Travis Lyken 14, 15
Campbellville
Steffon Ramsey 8
Game 5
Future Stars 5- North East La Penitence 1
Future Stars
Jamal Cozier 3
Keron Solomon 17,19
Kevin Cummings 20
Akeemo Anthony 20
North East La Penitence
Junior Jordan 8
Game 6
North Ruimveldt 1-West Front Road ‘Gold is Money’ 1
North Ruimveldt
Joshua Browne 9
West Front Road
Hubert Pedro 4
North Ruimveldt won 3-2 on penalty kicks
Game 7
Back Circle 3- Globe Yard 0
Back Circle
Selwyn Williams 19
Jermaine Beckles 9
Jamal Adams 16
Group-A
Agricola
Sparta
Tucville
Sophia
Group-B
Back Circle
Albouystown
Tiger Bay
North Ruimveldt
Group-C
Broad Street
Future Stars
Bent Street
Plaisance
Last night’s matchups were
Game-1-Tucville vs Sophia
Game-2-Bent Street vs Plaisance
Game-3-North Ruimveldt vs Tiger Bay
Game-4-Broad Street vs Future Stars
Game-5-Back Circle vs Albouystown
Game-6-Agricola vs Sparta
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